Korea Taekwondo Association

The Korea Taekwondo Association (한국 태권도 협회; 韓國 跆拳道 協會; KTA; sometimes called the Korean Taekwondo Association) was founded in 1959 in unify the nine martial arts styles then practiced in Korea by the Nine Kwans. Its function is to promote taekwondo as a national sport within South Korea.

Timeline

• 1959 - Founded with General Choi Hong Hi as first president.
• 1962 - General Choi appointed South Korean ambassador to Malaysia; Choi Myung Shin appointed second president of the KTA.
• 196x - KTA renamed Korea Tae Soo Do Association
• 1965 - KTA renamed again, back to Korea Taekwondo Association
• 1965 - KTA sponsors the twelve Original Masters to begin their worldwide tour promoting taekwondo
• 1965 - General Choi again appointed, now as third president of KTA
• 1966 - International Taekwon-do Federation founded, with General Choi as president
• 1966 - Byung Jick Ro appointed fourth president of KTA
• 1967 - Yong Chae Kim appointed fifth president of KTA
• 1967 - KTA defines new taekwondo forms: (Old) Koryo, Keumgang, Taebaek, Pyongwon, Shipjin, Jitae, Cheongwon, Hansoo, and Ilyeo.
• 1971, January - Un Yong Kim becomes sixth president of KTA
• 1972 - Kukkiwon established
• 1973, May - World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) established
• TBD
• 2002, March - Cheon Seo Koo appointed president of KTA
• 2008 - Jung Gil Kim appointed president of the KTA
• 2008 - Joon Pyo Hong appointed president of the KTA

References

• http://www.koreataekwondo.org/KTA_ENG/html/kta/kta_01.asp
• Korean Taekwondo Association on Wikipedia
• Korean Taekwondo Association on the Korean version of Wikipedia http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/대한태권도협회 (use Chrome browser or Google Translate to read in English)